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The car door opened, and a young man in a high-end suit got out of the car, and said to him in a polite tone, "Excuse me, is this Fujioka-san from Fuji TV?"

"You are?" Fujioka Yasuki was puzzled for a moment.

He thought for a while in his mind and confirmed that he did not know the other party.

The young man didn't take it seriously, bowed slightly and handed over his business card.

"Hello, I'm Yuto Akihara, the author of "Furuhata Rensaburo"."

[Chapter 205.2 Active "spare tire"]

Regarding the intelligence capabilities of the classroom, Hiroto Akihara had a deep understanding when he was still in "New".

At that time, no one knew my address except for a few people, but I didn't expect that the teaching center directly obtained my address through a business spy and came to visit.

The same is true for the news about the negotiations between Toei and the two TV stations. Although the editor-in-chief Oshiro did not say what the specific source of the news was, Hiroto Akihara thought it over carefully and believed that the most likely method of the other party was commercial espionage.

This made Hiroto Akihara couldn't help but look squarely at Kejiaokan—as one of the four major publishing houses, it has more potential means than he thought.

But fortunately, the other party had such a means to let me know the news and make arrangements - Akihara Hiroto let the editorial department know the specific time of the other party's negotiation, and took the initiative to go to the negotiation in person.

The reason why he came forward is also very simple, that is because the previous contract stipulated that all the film and television copyrights should be entrusted to him, which has nothing to do with the classroom.

Hiroto Akihara collected his thoughts, looked at Yasuki Fujioka who was standing opposite, and continued to say politely: "San Fujioka, if you can, please get in the car, let's go talk elsewhere."

Fujioka Yasuki was still a little puzzled, he looked at Akihara Yuto, and remembered that the works of the other party were serialized in the classroom.

So the question is, how did his whereabouts leak out?

After thinking about it, he decided to have a brief talk with this teacher Akihara first, then he agreed to the request and got into the car, and sat in the back row with Akihara Yuto.

The car started slowly and drove towards the distance, and 20 minutes later, it came to a high-end western restaurant.

Akihara Hiroto led Fujioka Yasuki to the restaurant's cubicle, and Asano Aiko was already waiting on the seat, and next to her was the editor Awazu Hideki sent by "April Youth".

After meeting Yasuki Fujioka, both Aiko Asano and Hideki Awazu stood up, introduced themselves and handed over their business cards.

After some courtesy, the four sat down.

Fujioka Yasuki looked at the crowd with doubts, and then asked his own question: "Mr. Akihara, I won't talk too much about being polite. What exactly do you want to talk to me about?"

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and replied: "Fujioka-san, you are visiting Toei this time for the film and television copyright of "Detective Umura", right?"

Fujioka Yasuki was not surprised. He knew that the other party might have known the specific situation when he met Akihara Yuto.

But he still did not admit this statement, but responded: "Sorry, it is a commercial secret, and I am sorry that I cannot disclose it."

"Sorry, I was rude," Akihara Yuto didn't care, and said as if talking to himself: "But does Fujioka-san know that Toei seems to prefer TV Asahi?"

He paused, and then added: "It is said that an executive from Toei went to the night show in Ginza with the Asahi producer."

Fujioka Yasuki frowned, heard Akihara Yuto's intentions, and asked directly: "Ms. Akihara... If possible, please tell us your true intentions."

After realizing that the other party couldn't hold his breath, Akihara Hiroto smiled.

"You should be very clear about what I mean. Since you can't get the copyright of "Detective Uemura", why don't you consider "Guhata Ren Saburo"?"

Fujioka Yasuki shook his head, "Sorry, with all due respect, "Furuhata Ren Saburo" has only been serialized for six issues, right? But "Detective Uemura" has been serialized for more than 60 issues, and it continues to be serialized. To put it bluntly , compared with the number of readers alone, there are quite a few gaps between the two.”

Hiroto Akihara did not refute, but asked: "Then Fujioka-san, are you confident to get the copyright of "Detective Uemura"?"

"This..." Fujioka Yasuki hesitated for a while, but still insisted: "I'm still trying my best."

"Do you try your best?" Hiroto Akihara glanced at him, then motioned Aiko Asano to take out a document, took it and handed it to Yasuki Fujioka.

"What is this?" Fujioka Yasuki took the file doubtfully.

"You'll know after looking at it." Akihara Hiroto replied.

Seeing that the other party said so, Fujioka Yasuki opened the file and looked at it, and found that it listed Toei's copyright sales in recent years in detail.

Although these materials are public, it still takes a lot of effort to organize them carefully.

"Mr. Akihara, please speak your mind." Fujioka Yasuki put down the document.

Hiroto Akihara nodded, and spoke in a solemn voice.

"From the perspective of the amount, most of Toei's copyright authorizations in the past three years have not exceeded the industry average. But through comparison, it can be found that they prefer larger-scale TV stations, or have had a relationship with them. A TV station for cooperative business."

"Fujioka-san, to be honest, judging from these two points, your side is at a disadvantage."

Fujioka Yasuki heard Akihara Hiroto's potential lines-that is, compared with TV Asahi, Fuji TV is far inferior to the other party in terms of scale and history of cooperation with Toei.

He frowned and retorted: "Mr. Qiuyuan, whether the cooperation can be successful or not depends on the negotiation of specific conditions."

Akihara Hiroto didn't care, and asked: "Then can you put forward higher conditions?"

Fujioka Yasuki couldn't help but fell silent. The specific conditions were set by the above, and they were already stuck.What's more, the strength of our own TV station is not as good as Asahi's, and it is a bit difficult to put forward higher conditions.

Hiroto Akihara sighed: "Fujioka-san, I don't expect that I can persuade you to give up "Detective Uemura", but I hope you can consider it and make a second plan."

"The second plan?" Fujioka Yasuki asked.

"Yes, otherwise, if Asahi gets "Detective Umura", are you planning to give up the market for detective dramas?" Hiroto Akihara persuaded in a kind tone: "As far as I know, it's the window period for detective dramas right now, but There is still a lot of audience base in the market.”

Fujioka Yasuki thought about it carefully for a while, and felt that what Akihara Yuto said made sense, but he still said: "Mr. Akihara, it's not that I don't want to admit your work "Furuhata Rensaburo", but it's really too short, isn't it? ?"

Hearing this, Awazu Hideki, who was silent at the side, took the words, "Fujioka-san, on behalf of "April Youth", I guarantee that this work will be serialized for at least 40 issues."

Fujioka Yasuki hesitated. If there are more than 40 episodes, it is enough to shoot 3 seasons.But if this kind of detective drama can be turned into an IP, it will naturally be as long as possible.

From this point of view, "Guhata Ren Sanlang" is still not as good as "Detective Uemura".

Hiroto Akihara tapped the table lightly with his hand, and added: "Fujioka-san, I personally can understand your thoughts, but I want to add that I can serialize at least 40 issues, not only 40 issues. If the TV station was still filming at that time, it would be fine for me to continue writing.”

He raised his head and met Fujioka Yasuki's eyes: "This point can be added to the supplementary agreement. Not only that, but if I don't continue to write by then, you can arrange for the screenwriter to create it yourself."

This surprised Yasuki Fujioka, and he asked suspiciously: "Mr. Akihara, shouldn't "April Youth" lead the specific licensing agreement regarding copyright?"

At this time, Asano Aiko took out a document and handed it to him.

"This is an agreement signed by Mr. Qiuyuan and "April Youth". Regarding the film and television copyright, Mr. Qiuyuan has complete independent decision-making power."

Fujioka Yasuki took the document and looked at it. He found that the document was covered with special seals on both sides, which proved the legal effect of the document.

But this also made him even more confused, what the hell is going on in the classroom, he can even sign this kind of contract.

Hiroto Akihara smiled and said, "Fujioka-san, if you are interested, we can sign the letter of intent right now."